Welcome everybody! This is our first gathering for Children of the Day and we are incredibly blessed to have you along! If you’re just now hearing about it, we’d love for you to join us! You’ll find it most helpful to begin by reading this previous post that includes our approach, our summer Bible study schedule and many other specifics: (SSBS 2014 Info post) All you need to participate is the workbook entitled Children of the Day. We only officially “gather” here on the blog every two weeks because summers are so busy. On each of those 5 Tuesdays (starting today), you’ll find a video I’ve prepared for you with instructions for that day. I’ll also remind you to do the next 2 weeks of Bible study before our next gathering. View it personally if you are going solo or, if you’re joining in with others, with your small group. I’ll always put the bare bones of that gathering’s instructions in print in the post as well (as you’ll see below) in case you have any trouble viewing the video. Here’s your first one!
Basic written instructions in case you have trouble with the video:
Register for our summer Bible study by simply leaving a comment to this post per instructions below. Of course, you can take part without registering but you’ll get much more out of it if you fully participate. It not only increases accountability. It stirs up a sense of belonging and fellowship which is so important to us here in this blog community.
Here’s what we’d love for you to supply in your registration comment today: (Try to limit yourself to this information so it will be easy to read and count.)
1. Your NAME.
2. Your CITY.
3. Whether you’re going SOLO or in tandem with a small group. If you’re in a small group, share approximately how many are in your group and where you are planning to meet.
4. Share in a sentence or two why you could really stand to be in Bible study this summer. Maybe it’s that you’ve never been in one before. We would be elated! Or maybe it’s been a long time. If so, this is a great time and place to come back home to the heart of Jesus. Maybe you’re just hoping to get to know Christ a little better. Or, perhaps you’re interested in particular subject matter that appears on the pages of 1st or 2nd Thessalonians. On the other hand, maybe you especially need to be in the Scriptures because you have extenuating circumstances that could really challenge you this summer. What’s motivating you to get into the Scriptures with us this summer? There are no wrong answers!
5. BONUS question (optional): WHAT IS A QUIRK OF YOURS?? Come on, now! Tell us!
If you’re meeting with a small group, share your answers to questions 4 and 5.
I will pitch out a memory verse each week for anybody who wants to participate:
Week 1 Memory Verse:
1 Thessalonians 1:4 The NET Bible: We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that He has chosen you.
Week 2 Memory Verse:
1 Thessalonians 2:8 The NET Bible: …with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.
Do WEEKS ONE AND TWO of your homework before our next gathering in two weeks! If you’re watching the OPTIONAL video teaching sessions, you will want to watch Session 1 this week before you start your homework and Session 2 before you start your second week of homework. Here is the link: Children Of The Day Sessions
Don’t feel pressured to go to the added expense. All you need to participate in the summer study is the workbook.
I am so honored to serve you and study with you this summer! Can’t wait to see your names and locations! So much love to you, Sisters! We joyfully embrace each one of you.
1. Vanessa
2. Victoria, TX
3. Solo
4. I eat fried shrimp with a knife and a fork.
Oops, I skipped a question! I want to stay in His Word. I want to really know Him. I want to love Him more and more. I want to love as He loves.
1. Donna
2. Sewickley, Pennsylvania (Near Pittsburgh)
3. Solo
4. I usually do CBS but missed it this year due to medical stuff. I really need the discipline of a Bible study to stay in tune with the word.
5. Since I retired (recent),I have become a real homebody. I need to get out more
Laina
Tulsa OK
Solo
I need to hear Gods voice and get closer to him
this summer.
Quirk: I have to sleep with two pillows, one to
hold and one under my head. 🙂
1. Heather
2. Sparta, TN
3. Going solo
4. Growing in my relationship with Christ
5. I have so many quirks, but I won’t make my own hamburger patties because I can’t stand the feel on my hands.
1. Doneita
2. Lawndale
3. Solo
4. I have not done a bible study in 3 years and I miss studying and learning God’s word.
5. I will not wear these mismatched socks, too OCD. I made a notebook for this class from the 1st blog. Lol
Carrollton, GA
Solo
Accountability of staying in the Word during summer months.
I adore thrift stores.
Online group. Im looking forward to digging into Thessalonians for the 1st time. Thx Beth!
1. April
2. Lexington, KY
3. Solo
4. I’ve just completed my first year of Bible Study Fellowship, and I want to make sure I stay in the Bible over the summer.
5. Hmm . . . I’m sure I have quirks, but they seem normal to me 🙂
1. Laura
2. Houston, Texas
3. Just me
4. I want to stay focused on God this summer.
Pam, Canyon Texas, Solo. I need a bible study in the summer to keep me motivated and feel a part of a church family. I don’t have a church close by so I do church on Sunday with my favorite pastors on tv.
1. Jennifer
2. Stanton, MI
3. solo
4. Well, I’ve never been in any kind of a Bible study before of any type.
5. Probably…my entire personality? Um, I’m often asked, mostly by family (esp. by my husband) what language I’m speaking?! I’m like “english”…right?! 😉
1. Tess
2. Cartersville, GA
3. Summer Bible Study w/ my Ladies Sunday School Class!
4. I agree with the post above!! haha.. So many, I don’t know!
1. Debbie
2. Fayetteville
3. SOLO (planning on this study for the ladies ministry I’m involved in for the fall. Thought I would preview it)
4. Accountability for the summer as well 🙂
5. I’m a germaphobe :-0 there I said it… That’s the first step right? 😉
1.Christy
2.Locust Grove, Ga
3.small group (around 15 give or take)
4.I need to get back into the word like I use to be. I have been slacking, using the excuse of being too busy.
5.I just absolutely can not wash my hands without having lotion to put on them. It’s a texture thing. If I don’t have any lotion I will ball them up tight until my palms are sweaty.
I love any Beth Moore study and always come out with a greater understanding of the Word.
Debbie
Raleigh NC
Solo
I put things away before my husband is finished with them.
1. Shian
2. Asheville, NC
3. Solo
4. Finding it increasingly hard to attend the regularly scheduled studies at my home church, given my large work responsibilities. Sensing this is His provision in this busy season of life.
5. Extreme OCD – no one is allowed to walk on my bath mats.
Noel Fry-Griffin
California
Solo
to get a better understanding more of the bible
too many to list
1. Barbara
2. Mansfield, Texas
3. Solo
4. I go back to school this fall (Ed.D. Program) and I want to spend this time preparing.
1. Michelle
2. Atlanta
3. Solo
4. The past six months have been filled with transitioning to a new giant city, a new challenging job, a bizarre work schedule, trying to make friends. I’ve allowed the chaos to distract me, and neglected God and His Word. My soul is hungry. So ready for this!
5. Like my dad and sister, I make lots of vocal sound effects while doing perfectly simple things: walking, closing doors, driving over speed bumps, giving high fives. Most of the time, I am totally unaware I am doing it!
1. Tracy Sweat
2. McPherson, KS
3. Small group (4) we will meet at each other’s house
4. Needing to workout my faith and I need study in the word to do it
5. I clean when I am upset.
1. Tes
2. Montgomery, Alabama
3. Solo
4. Love studying God’s Word, and we recently sent a pup of ours to Heaven and I’m heartbroken…looking for some healling.
5. Quirk…if I am having ice cream for dessert when we’re watching a movie, everyone must be settled and ready to start the movie BEFORE I start eating my ice cream, I don’t want it melted one bit before I start to eat it while watching the movie.
1. Shari
2. Clarks Green, PA
3. Solo- but only found it today, June 3rd, start day- so plan on asking others!
4. My husband and I, and our 5 children, are moving to Montreal for ministry on August 1st. I have been very heavily spiritually attacked. When I saw this study in my newsfeed on facebook, I knew I needed to be here!!! And it ends just before we move!
5. Quirk: When I have contacts in, I play with my eyelashes while I read or think. If I have mascara on, my eyelids turn black!
1. Marlo
2. Vero Beach, Fl
3. Small group – on facebook
4. First time, doing this with my sister. Wanted to do bible study but church studies do not fit in with my schedule.
5. Quirk: I ask too many questions! Which my husband hates! But it’s never for doubt…it’s always for understanding!
1. Cathy
2. Fridley, MN
3. With 2 friends and daughter
4. Hungry for more; accountability
5. I love mysteries and puzzles. It intrigues me that God is the ultimate mystery and he draws me to him.
2. Lincoln, NE
3. Solo
4. Love Beth Moore studies and have never studied Thessalonians
5. I restack the dishwasher after anyone else puts things in!
1. Lyana
2. Phoenix
3. Solo
4. I want to stay in the Word of God and grow closer to God
5. There are too many quirks
1. Jennifer
2. Middleburg, FL
3. small group via Women’s Bible Café Facebook
4. previously enjoyed a Beth Moore study through my church and wanted to try this study via the internet due to limitations in the up and coming month
5. a quirk – hmmm, but there are so many according to my family 😉 I guess if I have to pick one then maybe the fact that my books have to be alphabetized by author last name, and then in release date order on the shelf… I am told not everyone does that and I just don’t understand why not? ha-ha!
1. Lesli
2. Oceanside, CA
3. Solo
4. We relocated to Oceanside after 21 years in Phoenix where I was extremely plugged in. We have found a wonderful church, but I haven’t been able to plug in yet because my husband & I have lost 3 of our 4 parents in the past 18 months. I am so hungry for “iron-sharpening-iron” fellowship with other women again!
5. Germaohobe AND OCD!
1. Kirsten Wyatt
2. Aliso Viejo, CA
3. Going solo
4. Want to make sure I stay in the Word, studying it deeply and going beyond a plain reading, over the summer when my usual studies at church aren’t meeting.
5. I am kind of obsessive about color, seeing very slight variances in shade. I have a really hard time with painting my nails because I can see if the shade is just slightly wrong. I try anyway, though! 🙂
1. Cassie
2. The Colony, Texas (Near Dallas)
3. Solo
4. I love a good study. Ready to see what God has for me!
5. I really don’t know!
1 Cindy
2. Cushing, OK
3. With Women’s Bible Café small Group
4. spiritual renewal for these dry bones! Ready to study the bible with sisters and I need the encouragement!
5. I have a lot of quirks,not sure which one to mention…
Need a fresh word from GOD. Can’t wait to see what He wants to teach me.
1. Debbie
2. Lombard, IL
3. Solo
4. I want to stay in the word and be accountable
5. Lists, lists..I enjoy making them.
1. Shelly
2. Placerville, CA
3. small group (yeah!) – meet half way as a group in a local coffee shop
4. Discipline to study during summer months
5.I’m a wildlife biologists and love to dissect things.
1. Sarabeth Vanderford
2. Landrum, SC
3. Solo
4. I want to be a part of a bible study this summer with my fellow sisters in Christ!
5. I can’t stand wet socks!
1. Linda Franklin
2. Fort Worth, Tx
3. Small group of 3. We actually meet on Mondays and are a few weeks ahead, but got on to check in with summer study blog!
4. Can’t imagine not having a study to help me stay accountable and studying His Word. Finished BSF earlier than normal, so we got started in our summer one a little sooner. SO enjoyed Gidean last summer, but thrilled to get to do one of Beth’s this summer. Once we finish, we plan to do Priscilla’s new one before BSF starts again in September.
5. I laughed out loud at Beth’s “weiner” quirk….can’t imagine Lindsay on the other side of the camera keeping a straight face and we didn’t hear her giggles through the video!! Loved hearing about speaking to our sweet Lord and saying “good morning” to Him before coffee….might need to adopt that!! SO cool! I’m one of those that has to have a special pen when I start a new bible study…I have to have the same one for each week/lesson or I feel awkward without it. If I lose it, I have to go buy another one just like it. In years past, I would look at Beth’s workbook ahead of time and select a pen that complimented the colors used throughout the workbook and jacket design. I know….I think I have a problem!! 🙂
We’re already loving this study and I can’t wait to read everyone’s comments each week!
What a privilege and honor that we have such a great tool to share with one another!! Hugs to all my sisters out there!
Get into the word! Growth!
1. Karen
2. Florence, KY
3. Solo
4. First-very excited to hear what God has given Beth to teach from these letters. Second-ties in with that 2nd scripture to memorize. I did my first Siesta Scripture memorization last year and miss hearing from & sharing with all the siestas and will enjoy hearing from new ones. No way to reply to all but I pray and praise God for you all as I read thru the comments.
5. Must rotate dishes. Clean ones go in the back of the cabinet or bottom of the stack so everything gets used. Loved what one siesta wrote about not liking ridged paper clips! Same here!
1. Jennifer
2. High Point
3. Solo
4. I can’t have my food mix on a plate before I eat it.
1. Betty
2. Albany, GA
3. Solo, hoping my friend will join me.
4. I saw this study earlier in a Lifeway flyer and did not realize it would be a summer online program. I can’t wait to get started.
5. Something quirky, I’m a neat freak…I clean my bathrooms everyday, I can’t get into a bed that hasn’t been made, yep I’ll make it first…of course that almost never happens since I make it every morning.
Beth can’t wait to see you in Biloxi…
1. Joan A
2. Dousman, WI
3. solo
4. I am looking so forward to this 3rd summer sieta study. This is God’s timing as we just finished Minor prophets last week in my small group study and my husband was just informed today he needs a medical biopsy/procedure this month.
5. Bar of soap in bed to prevent leg cramps, wash my hands alot but am not OCD!
1.Murfreesboro TN
2. Solo.
3. Not doing a small group this summer and want to do something on my own.
4. I sing my heart out when driving to work of course I am by myself.
1. Kay
2. Plano, Tx
3. Solo
4. Would love to regenerate after a long year at work… Work as a counselor in high school
5. I ALWAYS read the last chapter of a book first.
Jenna Hogue, Austin , Tx
Doing the study with 3 friends
Going through a life changing storm and looking forward to this study!
Quirk- always losing my phone!
1. Lisa
2. Shiloh
3. Solo
4. My church doesn’t do summer studies. This will be my first online study.
5. I randomly burst into song
1. Hilary Beebe
2. Hudsonville, MI
3. Solo
4. I am tired and lonely
5. I rarely ever delete emails in my regular inbox, but every day I make sure and delete all the junk emails in the junk inbox. Yeah, I don’t know either. 🙂
1. Beth
2. Clarkston, MI
3. Solo
4. I love to study the Bible!
5. Can’t honestly think of any quirk at the moment!
My name is Cara, I live in Huntington, IN. I will be participating solo. I NEED this Bible study this summer because quite frankly summer gets busy and I get overwhelmed and need that touchstone.
1. Monika
2. Cleveland, GA
3. SOLO
4. I need some much needed woman/mother interaction through Christ.
5. I have a delayed out burst laugh that can be heard at any given awkward moment. I embarrass my husband a lot.